Heron&Fox Photo<p>The Air Force <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Space</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Missile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Missile</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Museum</span></a> on Cape <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Canaveral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canaveral</span></a> is being refurbished and upgraded.<br />That includes taking some of the old rockets apart and refurbishing them to be displayed again, looking better than new, which is what’s happening to this early <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlas</span></a> rocket.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CapeCanaveralAirForceStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapeCanaveralAirForceStation</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CapeCanaveral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapeCanaveral</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AirForce</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceandMissileMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceandMissileMuseum</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlasRocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlasRocket</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photograph</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photo</span></a><br />Buy a print: <a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-slv-being-refurbished-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a</span><span class="invisible">tlas-slv-being-refurbished-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
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Heron&Fox Photo<p>The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Thor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Thor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Missile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Missile</span></a> was the first operational <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BallisticMissile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BallisticMissile</span></a> of the United States.<br />As an Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, when stationed in Europe, it could deliver a nuclear warhead to Moscow.<br />The Thor also served as part of the Thor-<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Able" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Able</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launch</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vehicle</span></a>.<br />And the Thor components continued in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Delta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Delta</span></a> family of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rockets</span></a> long after the missile’s retirement.<br />The two truss towers on either side of the white rocket are the service structures for the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeltaII" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeltaII</span></a>, the last legacy of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Thor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Thor</span></a> family.<br />After the Delta II was retired, both towers where demolished in 2018 to prevent an uncontrolled collapse due to corrosion.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThorFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThorFamily</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeltaThorFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeltaThorFamily</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThorRocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThorRocket</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThorAbleRocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThorAbleRocket</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LC17A" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LC17A</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LC17B" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LC17B</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CapeCanaveral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapeCanaveral</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photo</span></a><br />Buy a print: <a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/thor-able-and-slc-17a-and-b-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/t</span><span class="invisible">hor-able-and-slc-17a-and-b-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p>A <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photograph</span></a> of an <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlas</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a>’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vernier" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vernier</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/thruster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thruster</span></a>, the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Rocketdyne" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rocketdyne</span></a> LR-101, meant to help stabilize the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vehicles</span></a> attitude during flight.<br />This <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/engine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>engine</span></a> was on display at the Air Force <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Space</span></a> and Missile <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Museum</span></a>.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlasRocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlasRocket</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LR101" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LR101</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VernierEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VernierEngine</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photo</span></a><br />Buy a print: <a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-vernier-engine-2-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a</span><span class="invisible">tlas-vernier-engine-2-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceSaturday</span></a>: <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gemini</span></a> 2, or Gemini-Titan 2, the second launch of the Gemini <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> aboard the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Titan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Titan</span></a> II <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a>. This is the spacecraft from that suborbital flight meant to test the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/heatshield" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>heatshield</span></a>. After finding its performance satisfactory, the Gemini program went ahead.<br />The Air Force <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USAF</span></a> remained interested in Gemini while <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NASA</span></a> moved on to Apollo.<br />They launched the same spacecraft from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeminiTitan2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeminiTitan2</span></a> on top of a mockup of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a crewed spy satellite, to test the potential of putting a hatch in the heat shield.<br />After recovery, its performance was found to be satisfactory, but uncrewed spy satellites were found to be cheaper.<br />The spacecraft is on display at the Air Force Space and Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeminiSpacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeminiSpacecraft</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeminiProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeminiProgram</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MannedOrbitingLaboratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MannedOrbitingLaboratory</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HumanSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HumanSpaceflight</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CapeCanaveral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapeCanaveral</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photograph</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photo</span></a><br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/gemini-2-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/g</span><span class="invisible">emini-2-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
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